Years ago, I read The Miracle Morning. The promise? Transform your life before 8 a.m. by doing six specific activities every morning: silence (meditation), affirmations, visualization, exercise, reading, and journaling. Ten minutes each.
So I did it for 60 days straight.
By the end, I was in an even worse mood by 8 a.m. than before I started.
My first thought? I must be doing it wrong. Turns out, nothing was wrong with me. The problem was forcing a one-size-fits-all routine on a life that needed something different. Recently an updated edition came out, so I checked it out to see if anything changed. Here's what you need to know about creating a morning routine that actually works.
1. You might never become a morning person (and that's okay)
The book says if you do this for 30 days, you'll become a morning person. I've been doing morning routines for over 10 years. Every single morning when my alarm goes off, I groan. But I get up anyway because I know if I don't, I'm setting myself up for an ugly day. You don't need to become a morning person. You just need to see the value in getting up even five minutes earlier for yourself.
2. Start simpler than you think
The updated book suggests a six-minute version if you're overwhelmed. One minute per activity. But when you're drowning, you don't need six tasks to check off. Maybe what you need is a few sips of coffee while your house is still silent. When my daughter was young, all I needed was to not hear the word "mom" for the first 10 minutes I was awake. That's it.
3. One routine won't work forever
The book suggests changing the order of activities if things feel stale, but keeping the same six. But what if your personality hates doing the same thing every day? Create different options to pick from based on what feels good. Your morning routine needs to flex with your life.
4. What works for others might stress you out
Research on Myers-Briggs personality types shows what serves you in the morning can be completely different based on your personality. Journaling and meditation first thing don't serve me. They add stress. But later in the day? They add tons of value. The activities aren't the problem. The timing might be.
Find what actually serves you
A morning routine shouldn't feel like another checklist. It should work with your personality and your actual life, not against it.
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